For 60 years, Holy Cross High School/Academy in Delran has been both a blessing and an important resource in the Diocese of Trenton, providing a quality Catholic education to families in Burlington County and beyond.

During that time, this diocesan high school has seen significant growth, at one point even requiring the construction of a larger facility. More recently, however, the school, like many others across the nation, has experienced serious decline in both its enrollment and its ability to sustain itself financially. More ...Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Diocese releases statement on Holy Cross Academy, DelranThe Diocese of Trenton released a statement Dec. 13 regarding the closing of Holy Cross Academy, Delran, as a diocesan high school at the end of the 2017-18 school year. Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., also granted permission to a committee to implement a plan to re-open the school as a new, independent Catholic high school for the 2018-19 academic year.More ...Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Point Pleasant Beach school participates in global 'Hour of Code'Students in St. Peter School, Point Pleasant Beach, flexed their computer skills the week of Dec. 4 as the school held its first “Hour of Code” event, designed to take the mystery out of computer coding and show that anyone can learn the basics of mastering the devices that reach into every aspect of our daily lives.More ...Wednesday, December 13, 2017

I have a pretty big list – four counties worth! – but, if asked, I would be quick to respond, “more seminarians for the Diocese of Trenton!” That wish was evident on Saturday evening, Dec. 9, when 13 local young men braved the season’s first snowstorm and came to my residence in Princeton for dinner and conversation about the priesthood.More ...Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Let There Be LightNEW YORK -- "Let There Be Light" (Atlas) is an evangelical Christian drama with a familiar plot: A wayward sinner, in this case a famous atheist, experiences a change of heart.More ...Friday, December 8, 2017

A message from Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., for the Solemn Feast of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated on Dec. 8.

Never had our world heard better news than that spoken by the Angel Gabriel to an innocent Jewish maiden, barely a teenager, in the Gospel from St. Luke proclaimed on the Solemn Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

Centuries of longing of the Chosen People of God came to an end as the Angel announced to Mary, "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you (Luke 1:28)."

Reticence and secrecy as virtueIn all healthy people there’s a natural reticence about revealing too much of themselves and a concomitant need to keep certain things secret.More ...Monday, December 11, 2017

Vocational discernment and anxiety
"The purpose of vocational discernment is to find out how to transform (our choices), in the light of faith into steps toward the fullness of joy to which everyone is called."More ...Monday, December 11, 2017